Shalom All,
The Mishnah, and the Jewish Rabbi's own definition of NEW GRAIN, proves the spring wheat is the true Pentecost wheat harvest.
It Is the Wheat that is harvested in the summertime, 50 days AFTER the traditional Pentecost. Read the following carefully.
The Rabbi's believe that the spring wheat GRAIN that is sown in the springtime and harvested four months later in the summer is NEW/Chodosh GRAIN because it took root after the New Year began around Passover. They seem to forget that the Almighty specifically calls for a NEW GRAIN offering in Leviticus 23:16, and all translations agree that Pentecost wheat offering is to be presented from the NEW/Chodosh GRAIN. Here are a few translations,
The Complete Jewish Bible
23:16
until the day after the seventh week; you are to count fifty days; and then you are to present a NEW GRAIN offering to ADONAI.
The Revised Standard Version
23:16
you shall present a cereal offering of NEW GRAIN to the LORD.
Hebrew Names Version of World English Bible
23:16
even to the next day after the seventh Shabbat shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a NEW MEAL-offering to the LORD.
New Century Version 23:16
you will bring a NEW GRAIN offering to the Lord.
The Message
23:16
Then present a NEW GRAIN-Offering to God.
The NAS Strong's Version
23:16
then you shall present a NEW GRAIN offering to the LORD.
The American Standard Version
23:16
even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a NEW MEAL-offering unto Jehovah
GOD'S WORD 23:16
Then bring a NEW GRAIN offering to the LORD.
The New Revised Standard Version
23:16
then you shall present an offering of NEW GRAIN to the Lord
New International Version
23:16
and then present an offering of NEW GRAIN to the Lord.
The Holman Christian Standard Bible
23:16
and then present an offering of NEW GRAIN to the Lord.
The King James Version (Authorized)
23:16
Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a NEW MEAT offering unto the LORD.
The New Living Translation
23:16
Keep counting until the day after the seventh Sabbath, fifty days later, and bring an offering of NEW GRAIN to the LORD.
Webster's Bible Translation 23:16
Even to the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a NEW MEAT-offering to the LORD.
New International Reader's Version
23:16
On that day bring me an offering of your FIRST GRAIN.
Today's New International Version 23:16
and then present an offering of NEW GRAIN to the Lord.
The Bible in Basic English
23:16
then you are to give a NEW MEAL offering to the Lord.
World English Bible 23:16
even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a NEW MEAL-offering to Yahweh.
We see from the above translations that NEW grain is the grain that is to be offered at Pentecost but the Jewish tradition teaches that this new grain is to be uneaten until the next year. The traditional Pentecost offering that they bring is from OLD GRAIN according to their own definition. I wonder if it ever crossed their blinded minds, to bring a first fruit offering from this NEW GRAIN/spring wheat harvest, as Aaron did?
The new grain offering is to be from the wheat harvest and offered at Pentecost and is called a chag in Hebrew and Aaron declared a Chag 50 days AFTER the seventh Sabbath, (Exodus 32:5) on the very same day that the law was given to Moses/Moshe which was at the end of the 40 days and 40 nights (Deuteronomy 9:11 And Exodus 31:18) and this is no coincidence. This would be the time of the summer wheat harvest that Aaron made this proclamation and the grapes are also ripe at this time, which is in harmony with Joel's prophecy that was fulfilled in the book of Acts, concerning the floors being full of wheat and the winepresses full of wine on the Pentecost. It is AGRICULTURALLY IMPOSSIBLE to have wine in the winepresses in the third month. Why can't these Orthodox Jews SEE that the Almighty requires a NEW GRAIN offering from the wheat??? Yet they sit on it until the NEXT YEAR on account of their tradition, does that make sense?
Here's what they say at
http://www.tzemachdovid.org/thepractica ... emor.shtml, “The Mishnah in Menachos (70a) after specifying that this injunction applies to the Chamishas Minai Dagan, five species of grain, namely, wheat, barley, spelt, oats, and rye, explains that the prohibition is to eat any of these grains (or their derivatives) which had grown, or, more literally, took root, during the past year, since the Korban Omer was brought on the previous Pesach, until the current Korban Omer is brought. Any such grain which begins to take root after Pesach is called "Chodosh," meaning "new" by this Mishnah, and it is forbidden to eat Chodosh or products made from Chodosh until the Korban Omer is brought on the next Pesach. The Rambam (Hilchos Ma'achalos Asuros 10:4) and the Shulchan Aruch (Yoreh Deah 293:3) rule accordingly.” See
http://www.tzemachdovid.org/thepractica ... emor.shtml in the same article they also say that,
“It should be noted that there is a dispute as to how long it takes for these grains to take root after they're planted. The Shach (Ibid. Sif Katan 2) quotes from the Terumas HaDeshen (Sheilos U'Teshuvos Terumas HaDeshen Siman 191) that it takes three days, based on an opinion quoted in the Gemara in Pesachim (55a), but Rabbi Akiva Eiger (Chidushei Rabbi Akiva Eiger Ibid. s.v. Hinu), among others, questions this, saying that opinion is not the accepted one, and that it rather takes two weeks. The Shach himself, in his Nekudos HaKessef (Ibid. s.v. K'D'Muchach) raises this question, noting that the Gemara in Yevamos (83a) seems to rule clearly that it takes two weeks. The Vilna Gaon (Biur HaGra Ibid. Sof Sif Katan 2) brings this up as well and tries to reconcile the problem, but leaves the matter in doubt. The Aruch HaShulchan (Ibid. Sifim 7-9) summarizes the different positions, but concludes that the view of the Terumas HaDeshen (Ibid.) that it takes three days is correct when discussing, as we are, plants, as opposed to trees. This dispute would obviously have great bearing on any grains planted in the springtime just before Pesach in determining whether or not they'd be labeled as Chodosh.
From the above we see the definition of NEW/ Chodosh grain and the spring wheat fall's under this definition. And the spring wheat cannot be eaten until the next year because of their misunderstanding of the wave sheaf and its relation to the true Pentecost.
From another web site at
http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-yoshon-old_new.htm we read,
“Yoshon and Chodosh
Something Old Something New
Avrom Pollak, Star-K President
The story is told about how in the mid 1970's the proprietor of a kosher bakery in an Orthodox Jewish neighborhood was asked if his products were Yoshon. Not realizing that this Hebrew word, which literally means 'old', actually refers to grain which had been planted before Passover, proudly, albeit naively, answered, " I can assure you that everything in my bakery is 100 percent fresh." Today, as we approach the millennium yoshon and chodosh have graduated and become household words which have rightfully taken their place among the more popular terms such as Glatt Kosher, Cholov Yisroel, and Pas Yisroel.
NOTICE that any grain planted before Passover which would include the traditional Pentecost wheat, is considered OLD grain and therefore cannot be the TRUE Pentecost wheat because the scripture demands that the wave loaves were to be from NEW grain. The article also says,
…. Among the 613 biblical commandments we find an admonition not to eat grain from the new harvest until the second day of Passover, the time that the barley sacrifice called the Omer was brought in the Temple. The prohibited grain is called chodosh, which literally means new. Although, the Omer was brought from barley, as it is the first of grain crops to ripen, the restriction against eating new grain applies to five grain types which include wheat, barley, oats, rye and spelt. Grain that was planted during or after Passover is chodosh and is not permitted until the following Passover. Any grain that took root before the second day of Passover becomes Yoshon after the second day of Passover. The precise definition of what constitutes taking root and the actual amount of time required between the planting and the second day of Passover is beyond the scope of this article. The observance of chodosh proscribes one from eating any product which contains ingredients derived from one of the five types of grain. Other crops such as corn, buckwheat, rice and millet are not really considered grain, and one need not be concerned about which years harvest is being used……
NOTICE the Jewish Rabbis acknowledge spring wheat, barley, oats, rye and spelt, as grains that can be planted during or after Passover and harvested in the summer which will make it the NEW GRAIN for that year. The article goes on to say,
“Spring wheat which contains significantly higher amounts of gluten than does winter wheat and is generally planted in the spring and first harvested in late summer. Since this type of wheat was not in the ground before Passover it is chodosh (NEW) until Passover of the following year. Thus for all practical purposes the need to be concerned with chodosh begins in late summer after the spring wheat has been harvested and lasts until the second day of Passover when chodosh automatically converts to Yoshon (OLD) status. To keep things in a positive perspective, one can accurately say that for approximately one half the year everyone is in full compliance with the chodosh restriction.
http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-yoshon-old_new.htm
To me something is terribly wrong with waiting until the grain becomes OLD before offering it to the Almighty when he specifically says to bring a new meat/grain offering.
Brother Arnold
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